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Fast and furious: GERB and MRF reinstate the status quo at full speed
The fortnight-old Glavchev cabinet is no longer trying to hide its allegiances

A customs boss, a police chief and a "very expensive" watch: the first strike of the new anti-corruption agency
Two strange stories from last week converge into one


How the Half-Baked Constitutional Changes Brought Back GERB
And Other Problems with the Upcoming Early Vote

The week: The trick with the migrant scare
Don’t let the news fool you, How flat should a tax be, and a Bishop dreams of heading the Church

How GERB built Putin a pipeline, part I: the Roadmap to circumvent the law (and Ukraine)
A new data leak exposes how the Borissov-3 gov’t facilitated the construction of the TurkStream pipeline across Bulgaria against the country’s own interests and EU procurement rules

Solar Strife: Property Battles Raging Beneath PV Park in Bulgaria
Residents of the villages of Sbor and Apriltsi in the Pazardzhik region claim that their lands have been expropriated by a company owned by Ginka Varbakova. There are also more than 20 complaints filed with the prosecution.

The week: What a Big Mac can tell us about the future of Sofia
Sofia gets really expensive, Peevski gets a post, and Real Estate keeps booming

How the Dutch got too good at farming
A small, fertiliser-rich country sniffs the limits of its old model

An (un)holy audit
A rare financial inspection by the Revenue agency created consternation within the Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The week: Brace, the rotation is coming
The Suddenly-important Ministry, More Russian spies pop up, and Meta buys a company

An academy for shepherds
Due to the great interest in the course, the owner of the Po Todorovi Koshari farm Todor Georgiev will be organizing a second edition in November

The week: What a pyrolysis installation in Plovdiv teaches us about trust and business
Corruption is bad for business, Tony Blair is here to help and NATO steps in for the infrastructure

A smuggler for a day: how migrants pass through Bulgaria
The story of a driver who transported refugees via the black market in Telegram

Turning low-carbon farming into a source of income
MEPs call on Brussels to figure out how to monetize the future certification scheme for farmers whose farms absorb carbon dioxide

Gas tax for Schengen freedom? A last-ditch attempt to break the Austrian deadlock
The leaders of the parliamentary majority drop the controversial fee in exchange for last-minute entry into the free travel zone, but full membership is unlikely